soap opera

as in corn
something (as a work of literature or music) that is too sentimental the movie started out well, but quickly devolved into improbable soap opera

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Recent Examples of soap opera Up until this point the vibes have been excellent at Bayern, but anyone following the club closely knows those vibes can quickly turn into a chaotic soap opera at Germany’s most popular club. Manuel Veth, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024 The soap opera, or telenovela, holds cultural power like nothing else in Brazil. Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024 Beyond the Gates, an all-new CBS daytime drama that premieres on Feb. 24, will make history as the first Black soap opera in 35 years following Generations, which ran for 13 months and concluded in 1991. Julia Moore, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024 On Get Yo Scat Dirty, Vol. 2, Big Steff’s relentless stream of get-rich-quick schemes and drug dealing soap operas could break speedometers. Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 9 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for soap opera 
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Noun
  • Indiana orchard carves stunning Caitlin Clark tribute into corn maze County Line Orchard in Hobart, Indiana, has seen record crowds come to witness its Caitlin Clark corn maze in honor of the WNBA Fever and former Iowa star this Halloween season.
    Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Feedlots demand corn – a lot of it – which pushes farmers to grow more.
    Katie Bernard, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Sewage sludge has now been spread on millions of acres across the country.
    Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Despite the film’s best efforts to melt its characters into the vast sludge of superhero cinema, the union between Eddie and Venom is simply too pure to be diluted down to nothing.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 23 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Others offer nyjer seeds or milo seeds (also known as sorghum) and others.
    George Petras, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Before a time when coconut sugar or stevia were easy to find at conventional stores and markets, alternative options were almost exclusively syrups like corn syrup, molasses, maple syrup, and sorghum syrup.
    Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 9 Jan. 2025

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“Soap opera.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soap%20opera. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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